Correcting Misplaced or Interrupting Modifier Errors

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GMAT Verbal › Correcting Misplaced or Interrupting Modifier Errors

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Ascertaining the meaning of ancient writing is often beyond the reach of even the most learning scholars.

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Replace the underlined portion with the answer choice that results in a sentence that is clear, precise, and meets the requirements of standard written English. One of the answer choices reproduces the underlined portion as it is written in the sentence.

In all of human history, such actions before had never been undertaken.

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Replace the underlined portion with the answer choice that is clear, precise, and meets the requirements of standard written English.

The hotel provided complimentary refreshments to the guests in expensive crystal glasses.

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Replace the underlined portion with the answer choice that results in a sentence that is clear, precise, and meets the requirements of standard written English.

A musician can pursue a career as a solo instrumentalist or vocalist, a music teacher, or a session player after she graduates from a conservatory with a degree in music, depending on her skill and talent.

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Replace the underlined portion with the answer choice that results in a sentence that is clear, precise, and meets the requirements of standard written English.

A dedicated student can pursue a career as a technician or data manager, a teacher, or a programmer after he or she graduates from our technical institute with a degree in computer science, depending on his or her area of expertise.

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Replace the underlined portion with the answer choice that results in a sentence that is clear, precise, and meets the requirements of standard written English.

As an English as a Foreign Language instructor, one must help students mediate between their respective cultures, at an international university, and the cultural context in which said students are immersed.

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Replace the underlined portion with the answer choice that results in a sentence that is clear, precise, and meets the requirements of standard written English. One of the answer choices repeats the underlined portion as it is written.

Happy to get some new chow, the dog's food was quickly gobbled up by the dog.

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Replace the underlined portion with the answer choice that results in a sentence that is clear, precise, and meets the requirements of standard written English.

Even under the sunniest analyses, corporate profits sharply will go down over the final quarter of the year.

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One associates nominalism most commonly with William of Ockham, but a more careful review of the available evidence seems to suggest that it dates at least to the era of Thomas Aquinas.

Replace the underlined portion with the answer choice that results in a sentence that is clear, precise, and meets the requirements of standard written English.

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Replace the underlined portion with the answer choice that results in a sentence that is clear, precise, and meets the requirements of standard written English.

We couldn't find our tent among the thousands that lined the shoreline, with its unusual flag; someone must have taken down the flag.

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